From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Mar 27 11:39:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA24706 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Fri, 27 Mar 1998 11:39:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from polaris.pacificnet.net (polaris.pacificnet.net [207.171.0.250]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA24623 for ; Fri, 27 Mar 1998 11:38:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bear@pacificnet.net) Received: from pm3h-20.pacificnet.net (pm3h-20.pacificnet.net [207.171.35.117]) by polaris.pacificnet.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id LAA00558; Fri, 27 Mar 1998 11:36:27 -0800 (PST) env-from (bear@pacificnet.net) Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 11:36:02 -0800 (PST) From: Joey Garcia To: "John M. Purser" cc: "'Capriotti'" , "FreeBSD Newbies (E-mail)" Subject: RE: John's Progress Report - The Saga Continues In-Reply-To: <01BD595A.9B1C6520.jpurser@wilcofarmers.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Actually, come to think of it.... pico is a great alternative to ee, although most advanced users would say that it's just as lame, but who cares. pico is easy to use and *very* straightforward. :) pico works great for what I need it to do (just like ee), and that's all that matters I guess. Bear =================================================== Joseph Garcia Downey, CA bear@pacificnet.net "Dont drink and drive, you might spill the beer." =================================================== On Fri, 27 Mar 1998, John M. Purser wrote: > Please note that I stated my preference was based solely on my ignorance of vi. > I've used vi and read chunks of the man pages. It is an impressive program > and I'm sure if I used it daily I'd come to appreciate it's brutally curt > command structure. But to get work done now/today/real-time this newbie needs > an editor that I can use without having another virtual terminal tuned into the > man page! > > And there's no point in starting holy/flame wars in this mailing list. We're > newbies and won't understand what you're babbling about anyway! > > :-) > > John Purser > > On Friday, March 27, 1998 8:18 PM, Capriotti [SMTP:capriotti@geocities.com] > wrote: > > Oh, please, John ! > > > > Don't mention this ee vs vi issue, please ! > > > > This will cause - hopefuly not - another religious war here ! > > > > FYI, some ppl love vi the way it is, and it's the best text editor ever, ok ? > > > > Just say yes ! > > > > :) > > > > > > > > >been replaced by /etc/rc.conf. I really like the ee editor. If I had to > learn > > >vi before I started changing my config files this would take a lot longer! > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message